How to Use family name in a Sentence

family name

noun

• Her family name is Smith.
• This idea of shadow and light is a play on this family name.
  — Rica Cerbarano, Vogue, 17 Mar. 2022
• In China, the share of women who pass down their family name is on the rise.
  — Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2021
• With the family name on the wine label, there is more pride and craft in the winemaking.
  — Liz Thach, Forbes, 2 June 2022
• My family name on the back of the jersey, that’s very important to me.
  — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2024
• Stan Jensen lives and farms on a road that carries his family name.
  — Luke Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Oct. 2021
• Plaques are like putting your family name on a lowrider.
  — Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2022
• Ibrahim, the high school student who asked that his family name not be used for his own safety, is no stranger to the turmoil.
  — Clair MacDougall, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Jan. 2022
• Their family name can be found on walls at the city’s zoo, museums, and a library.
  — Will Yakowicz, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2021
• Downstairs, his estranged wife plots the restoration of the family name.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 Mar. 2022
• The idea was to be focused on my family name, as it has been spelled at least four different ways.
  — Rica Cerbarano, Vogue, 17 Mar. 2022
• The family name was often a burden to Dom, rather than an asset.
  — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Sep. 2021
• The Gaelic origin of Mackay, the area’s most common family name by far, is Mac Aoidh: son of fire.
  — WIRED, 31 Jan. 2023
• His father, Jonathan, was a writer who used Finn as a pen name and then legally changed the family name to Finn when David was in high school.
  — Glenn Rifkin, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2021
• Here two most famous red wines are Veneroso - a derivation of the family name - and Nambrot, which was the first name of the founder of the family.
  — Tom Hyland, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2021
• On growing up a Steiner, feeling pressure to live up to the family name...
  — Dallas News, 9 Mar. 2022
• Serge Denham, the director of the Ballet Russe, was against having more than one dancer on the roster with the same family name.
  — New York Times, 6 Aug. 2021
• Thich is an honorary family name used by Vietnamese monks and nuns.
  — Arkansas Online, 23 Jan. 2022
• Ryan Cochran-Siegle comes from a long line of ski racers, and his family owns a small ski area in Vermont that bears the family name.
  — Matt Pepin, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Feb. 2022
• But the film would be from the perspective of his brother who never lived up to the family name, according to E! News.
  — Noelle Devoe, Seventeen, 14 June 2023
• My dad had changed his family name from Zachariah to Ridgeley.
  — Lily Moayeri, Spin, 7 Aug. 2023
• Eli Manning is helping to keep the family name alive in football, even if that means starting 'em young!
  — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 29 Aug. 2023
• In East Boston, one family name has risen to prominence on the softball diamond over the past 15 years.
  — Khalin Kapoor, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2022
• The Gilded Age might be over, but their family name is still as powerful as ever.
  — Elizabeth Block, Town & Country, 8 Feb. 2022
• First up is the family name, known as the last name in many Western cultures and similarly taken from the father’s side.
  — Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2022
• In the trailer, fans get a glimpse at Anthony's attempts to find a suitable wife who will uphold his family name.
  — Natasha Dado, PEOPLE.com, 10 Mar. 2022
• Some Democrats still fear that Kennedy’s candidacy, and the allure of his family name, could cloud Biden’s path to reelection.
  — Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2023
• That Hontzas family name comes with its own set of expectations.
  — Bob Carlton | [e-mail], al, 26 May 2022
• Don’t miss out, make sure your family name or group is represented.
  — cleveland, 29 Jan. 2022
• Harry Cohn to take my bohemian roots away by denying me my family name.
  — Liz McNeil, Peoplemag, 13 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 28 May 2024